When Alibre was sold and renamed they added the STL import feature. It worked reasonably well. Specifically one could use it to then create parametric drawings using the imported image as a guide. When it returned to being Alibre it lost that feature.
It can import step and iges files. And gearotic can create the cad files that can be edited. Not only stl files. The author of Gearotic is Art Fenerty, the designer of MACH2/3. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Thaddeus Waldner [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: May-30-20 3:30 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] On Motorizing a BS-1 clone > > > > > On May 30, 2020, at 4:26 PM, Chris Albertson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Do NOT download STL models from the suppliers. They are nearly useless. > > Get the STEP files or whatever other format you CAN import. You are going > > to have to modify any gear model unless you are very lucky and you really > > can not modify an STL. Then after moding the gear save it as STL. You > > slicer can only use STL. > > Thanks for explaining. I know I�ve tried importing STL files to OnShape (my > go-to cad solution) and it doesn�t let me do anything > with it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
